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Yoobi giveaway

Now that we've moved to Brooklyn, Toby will be going to a new school this fall. To get him ready and excited, we've been doing more art projects at home, and we discovered the fantastic company Yoobi...

* Draw to music. Listen to different types of music and have kids draw what they interpret. Try everything from Bach to the Beatles to Frozen.
* Fill in faces. Draw a few circles on a piece of paper and have children fill them in with faces.
* Trace shapes. Have your child trace various objects—kitchen tools, stuffed animals—then fill them in.
* Create your own connect-the-dots. Draw a shape out of dots, which your child can then trace.
* Draw on different things. Instead of paper, have kids draw or paint other things, like leaves, newspapers, rocks or any other interesting items you can find.

And Yoobi's mission "One for You, One for Me" is amazing. Many kids in the U.S. don't have school supplies unless teachers pay for them out of pocket, so for every item you purchase, Yoobi will donate an item to a classroom in need. (You can read more about their story here.)

Today, Yoobi is offering one reader a giant box of school supplies, filled with everything you'd need for school (or your office). To enter, please sign up for Yoobi's newsletter and leave a comment below. A winner will be chosen at random tomorrow. Good luck! Update: the winner has been emailed. Thanks for playing!

I absolutely love colors whether they are in the form of color pencils, crayons or sketchpens :) Such a great giveaway. I am so tempted to buy these for myself. It would be perfect of my 4 year old niece who loves coloring. The journals are rad too. Thanks Yoobi!!

I always loved shopping for back to school supplies, even more than back to school clothes! I love the mission behind this company, but also the fact that their prices are so reasonable! I will bookmark them to stock up when the time comes (NY oldest isn't yet 2, so I have a little while yet) :-)

They seem like such high quality materials! I teach 3, 4 & 5-year-olds in a public elementary school, and I loved your suggestions! If you're drawing to music, you can also try stopping the music randomly and having the child stop drawing when he hears the music stops, until it starts again. It works on the child's self-regulation, which is helpful as he develops! :)

My son won't be in school for a few more years, but I'm starting grad school in the fall and would love fresh, new school supplies!! Gel pens for my planner, bright composition notebooks, it's all so colorful and pretty.

Another kid friendly art idea - 'taking a line for a walk' you help your kid to draw a line all over a blank page, looping around itself several times, and then colour in each 'loop' they've made with a different patter - see how many they can come up with

I love Yoobi's one for you one for me approach! It's great that they do it in the states too!

I live exposing my daughter to different types of paints and other art supplies. She really enjoys painting while listening to music ( she is 21 mos. but has been doing it for 6 mos. or so). To my surprise she really likes beat boxing...And the painting somehow taught her how to hold pencils and crayons remarkably well- people have commented on her grasp and I didn't even realize she had developed that skill!

My inner 7 year old squealed at those awesome erasers! I don't have children, but do have several friends with young children...so these would be fun things to keep around the house for when they visit!

I saw Yoobi at Target and fell in love with all their bright colored products! I had to focus and tell myself I was only looking in the office section and I was there for a birthday present... So tempting!

What gorgeous products and a charitable ethos to boot. What more could we ask for? My two crafty kiddos would love these! Although I'm afraid the 4-year-old boy would play with the bendy erasures more than erase. (;